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Social Security increase is coming: Latest COLA estimate and when you’ll know the amount

The 2026 cost-of-living adjustment will be announced next month and is expected to be increase over the 2025 COLA.

A double whammy awaits most Social Security beneficiaries in 2026

Based on multiple independent estimates, the 2026 COLA should make history by reaching or surpassing 2.5% for a fifth ...
NBC Los Angeles

Social Security cost-of-living adjustment projected to be lower in 2026, estimates find. But tariffs may change that

The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment for 2026 is projected to be the lowest increase that millions of beneficiaries have seen in recent years. Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever ...
The Hill

Social Security COLA projected to be slightly higher than 2025’s, but ‘many will be disappointed,’ group says

(NEXSTAR) – The Senior Citizen’s League is pretty confident that many seniors receiving Social Security benefits will be “disappointed” by next year’s cost-of-living increase. In its latest projection ...

Social Security's COLA could rise 2.8% in 2026 as more seniors face poverty

Social Security’s cost-of-living adjustment is expected to increase as much as 2.8% in 2026, analysts said, but the average ...